Monday, 9 August 2010

KENNY LOGGINS – I’M ALRIGHT (THEME FROM “CADDYSHACK”) (CBS)

KENNY LOGGINS – I’M
ALRIGHT (THEME FROM “CADDYSHACK”) (CBS)

Some songs just
brighten any day; exceed any glum obstacle put in their way.There once was a time when there was a pride
to be taken in glowing.Certain
musicians were able to swank and the results were timeless.

Kenny Loggins is the
man!Back in the early eighties if you
required a rousing theme or montage song he was your go to guy.He supplied Top Gun, he supplied Footloose
but most important of all he supplied Caddyshack.

Technically “I’m
Alright” is soft rock but over the years this kind of song when born on a good
day has been regenerated as yacht rock.Seldom will you ever hear a cleaner sounding acoustic guitar.

I guess its happy
escapism that fuels this record.How
often do you tell somebody “I’m all right” and actually mean?Not as regularly as Mr Loggins I would
wager.

This song’s
association with Caddyshack is perfection.Happiness and humour make such great bedfellows.And this low and lazy call to task expertly
echoes the kind of relaxed attitudes exhibited by Rodney Dangerfield, Chevy
Chase and Bill Murray in the morning. – “why don’t you just let me be”.

At the end of the day
it is impossible not to react to this song, be it add a skip to your step, a
dance to your movement or general singalong to the words.“Nobody worry about me”.Then three minutes and thirty nine seconds
later the exiting emotion is one of jubilation.The investor wins.

In many ways this is
one of the most sincere outpourings of pleasure in the history of (soft)
rock.How can a person even come to
close questioning the credentials and worth of such music?There was no corporate force behind its
creation and the use was in a setting that at the time was still uncorrupted
and genuine.

Unfortunately I did
make the mistake of turning the record over and listening to “Lead The
Way”.Kenny Loggins – what is this guy,
fucking Barry Manilow?And thus my
previous arguments are all but rendered void.I am an idiot.

For some reason I
bloody love that seven inches used to have their release date on the label.